On February 14, 2018, NPH Executive Director Amie Fishman and Mission Housing Executive Director Sam Moss sat down with "Your Call," a current affairs program on KALW public radio, to discuss the state of affordable housing and how to move forward in light of recent...

"San Francisco has the world's second-highest construction costs because of complex, burdensome approvals, a severe labor shortage and easy paths for opponents to delay projects, according to a new report...

Eleven projects are aimed at making San Jose a more vibrant place to live and work, driven by resident engagement."The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced more than $1 million in new funding for 11 projects aimed at making San Jose a...

Via the San Francisco Business Times' housing podcast, reporter Blanca Torres shares some of what she learned during NPH's 38th Annual Conference."The Non-Profit Housing Association brought together non-profit developers from throughout the state of California -- more than 800 people gathered in San Francisco for...

It’s no secret that the Bay Area has a housing crisis. Business leaders have long identified housing affordability as a top issue for the region’s growth, citing challenges in retaining and recruiting talent. Our lack of affordable housing is forcing our innovative workforce farther from...

“We’re all in this together and now is the time for big bold solutions.” - Amie Fishman, Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California A coalition of community organizations is working together to develop regional solutions to address the affordable housing crisis in the Bay Area. It’s...

"During the Richmond town hall, some speakers talked about the significance of the state bills, including Senate Bill 3, which will put a multibillion-dollar housing bond on California’s ballot in November 2018.The ballot measure was described as just a drop in the bucket of California’s...

Friday conference was part rally, part double-down work session to mitigate the housing crisis “Standing Together” — the title of Friday’s 38th annual conference sponsored by the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH) — was the biggest one of these events yet. Fueled by Gov....

"We need to get to a scale that meets the challenge that we're facing," said Amie Fishman, executive director of the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California. "Housing is fundamentally what makes people be able to live and go to work and feed their children." Fishman...

“It was truly a historic legislative session,” said Michael Lane, policy director for the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California, which helped organize representatives from Residents United Network — all residents of affordable housing — to visit legislative offices beyond the Bay Area. The funding will support a pipeline...

In the Bay Area, gentrification and rents are rising. But going forward, anti-displacement priorities are now part of a blueprint for growth in the Bay Area – Plan Bay Area 2040 and Action Plan – for the next 20 years.“The Action Plan is the result of...

When Bay Area planners released a draft proposal earlier this year for guiding the region’s affordable housing needs for the next two decades, housing activists expressed alarm. Even the region’s planners admitted that their proposal would do little to address the Bay Area’s extreme affordable housing...

"Homeownership in California has dropped to 1940s levels. Meanwhile, the cost of rental housing has skyrocketed.California counties lead the nation for having the most expensive rental housing, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.Among the top 10 least affordable counties in the nation, California...

"Everyone knows California is facing a housing affordability crisis. In fact, recent local polling shows Bay Area residents identify housing as our region’s No. 1 challenge. There are a number of important steps our state needs to take to address this, and we must insist...